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THE MORNING CALL.
Vol. X. No. 161
A FIGHT FOR LIFE!
WILL goens on trial for the
MURDER OF CHAS CURRIER
Sensational Charges Made by the De
fendant in His Statement—Will
go to Jury this Morning.
When Judge Reagan called the nd'
journed term of Spalding Superior
court to order yesterday morning the
court room was crowded to suffocation,
for it was known that the first case to
be tried was that of the State vs Wil)
Goeus, who is charged w ith the mur
der of Charles Currier.
When the case was called the pris
oner came into court and took his seat
by hie attorneys. He was immediate
ly joined by his wife with a little babe
in her arms, aud l:is mother and
father.
The work of securing a jury occu
pied about an hour of the courts time,
and nearly the entire panel was called
before the jury was obtained. The
twelve men in whose hands the life of
Will Goens now rest are Tbos. J. Bar
field, W. P. Maynard, E L. Rogers,
A. W. Harper, Wm. Anderson, W. B.
Crowder, J. E. Maynard, J. 8 Staple
ton, P. 8. Parmalee, J. P. Nichols,
H. T. Fuller and E D. Brewster
After the jury was sworn in several
witnesses for the state were introduced.
They were not in the house where the
carousing was going on and although
they beard the report of the pistol
they could give but little information
of interest, and court adjourned until
2 p. m.
When court convened in the after*
noon the defendant made his state
ment, in which he said : Never knew
Currier until a few days before Christ
mas. On the day Currier was killed
they had been playing cards aud
drinking. Currier kept picking quar
rels with him which he tried to avoid.
Currier cursed him for a— of—,
which he did not resist. They finally
clinched and were separated by Camp
bell. He told Currier it was time to
go home to his wife. Currier replied :
“G— d— your wife, you will never see
the bitch again ; I left the bouse with
the intention of killing you.” He
then drew his knife and advanced
upon me. I could not get away and
drew my pistol and fired. I was struck
with the knife, which cut my coat and
shirt and tore off top button of coat.
C. A. Campbell was the next and
most important witness of the case.
He bad been with the two men all the
morning and was the only eye-witness
to the killing. He said he was present 1
at the difficulty , which occurred on
the 25th of December last. Currier
and Goens were quarreling and talk
ing as drunken men usually do Did
not hear Currier say anything about
killing Goens. . Currier bad no knife,
his right band was closed and if be
had a knife be would have seen it.
On cross examination be said he
dident know Currier previous to the
time of difficulty. Currier and Goens
clinched when he seperated them. Did
not see knife but could not swear he
did not have one. Currier called Goens
a—of—and cursed his wife. Goens
said it was time for him to go home.
Currier replied you d—of—you sbant
go and they clinched. When they fell
Currier was shot. Goens tried to keep
out of the difficulty.
E. Barth after taking the stand said
he knew Chas. Currier, roomed with
him and never saw the knife claimed
to be Currier's—would have seen it,
had he possessed one. He bad been
in Griffin for two month at that time,
and was from Springfield, Mass.
One or two other unimportant wit
nessee were introduced when the case
closed.
The remainder of the afternoon was
occupied by the speeches of Cols.
Smith and Flynt, attorneys for the de
fendant. At 5:30 court adjourned
until 8 o’clock this morning, when
Solicitor General Bloodworth will
speak for the state.
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| CITY OF PASIG CAPTURED
One of the Principal Strongholds of
Rebels is Taken by Gen Wheaton-
Manila, March 13—At daylight to
day Brigadier General Lloyd Whea
ton’s divisional brigade consisting of
the Twentieth United Slates infantry,
the Twenty-second infantry, eight
companies of the Washington volun
teers, seven companies of the Oregon
volunteers, three troops of the Fourth
United States cavalry aud a mounted
battery of the Sixth artillery was
drawn up on a ridge behind San Pe«
dro Macati, a mile south of the town.
The advance was sounded at 6 : 30 a.
m., the cavalry’ leading the co'umn at
a smart trot across the open to the
right, eventually reaching a clump
commanding the rear of Guadaloupe.
Supported by the Oregon volunteers
the advance force opened a heavy fire
on the rebels. The response was fee
ble and desultory, apparently coming
from handsful of men in every covert.
At 7 :30 a. m. a river boat started to
wards Pasig. The rebels were first
encountered by this vessel in the jun
gle near Guadaloupe. Steaming slowly,
the gunboat poured a teriffic fire from
her Gatling guns into the bush.
In the meantime Scott’s battery
ashore was shelling the trenches and
driving the enemy back.
The artillery then advanced to the
ridge of bamboo and drove a few of the
enemy’s sharpshooters away with vol
leys from their carbines.
The artillery moved to a ridge com
manding Pasig and Barleros.
By this time the enemy was in full
flight along a line over a mile long
and the firing was discontinued tem
porarily in order to give the troops a
rest before making the attack on Pasig,
General Wheaton then attacked and
captured the city of Pasig, east of Ma
nila. The enemy made a stand for an
hour, but at the end of that time weie
forced to retreat.
The loss of the Filipinos was thirty
killed-and sixteen prisoners. Os the
United States forces six were wounded.
No Right to Ugliness.
The woman who is lovely in face,
form and temper will always have
friends, but one who would be attrac
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impure blood will cause pimples,
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complexion. Electric Bitters is the
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Arrest of An Infanticide.
Officers Phelps and Gordon arrested'
Andy Snelsoo, colored, about 2 o’clock
Sunday morning. Snelson is wanted
by the authorities of Meriwether coun
ty for infanticide as be is charged
with beating bis child to death.
When arrested the negro gave his
name as Will Brown, and denied that
he was ever in Meriwether, but from
the description the officers bad of
Snelson they were confident they bad
the right man.
Sheriff Mathews was notified of the
arrest and came over yesterday when
he immediately recognized the negro
as Snelson and carried him to Meri
wether where be will be tried for bis
heinous crime.
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LETTER LIST.
List of letters remaining in the Griffin,
Ga., postoffice, week ending Mar. 13,1899.
Persons calling will, pleae say “advertised”
and give date. One cent must be paid on
each advertised letter.
MALE LIST.
Alex McLoud, W. L. Wertt.
FEMALE LIST.
Miss Lula Gunn, Mrs. Sam A. Methvin
Miss Eady McDowell, Mrs. E. P. Searcy.
R. L. William*, P. M.
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 14, 1899.
WILLING TO RETIRE
General Gomez Issues a Statement to
Cuba® People and Army.
Havana, March 13—General Maxi
moGomtz. has issued the following
statement to the. Cuban people and
nrtny :
“By the use of the supreme facilities
with which it is endowed, the assem
bly, representing the army only, has
deposed me as commander-ir.-?hief of
the Cuban army, which grade it con
ferred upon me during the last war.
As commander-:L-3hief I always fol
lowed the dictates of my best con
science and the call of great national
nesds I endeavored in all circum
stances to fulfill my duty.
“The assembly considers the fact
that I do not aid it in efforts to rafie
loans, which later would com
promise the greatest financial and
political interest in Cuba, to be an act
of insubordination and of want of re
spect. The primary cause for the
action taken against me is my convic
tion that Cuba should begin the exer
cise of its own sovereignty, as a repub
lie of union and concord, proclaimed >
at Monte Cristo and sustained unim- i
paired on the field of battle, free from
all compromise, kee; ing the nation’s I
honor spotless.
“As for the rest, ns a sincere man. I
confess I think’them because they re
lieve me of great political obligations
and also leave mo free to return to my
abandoned home, which, during thirty
years of continual strife ior the good
of this country that 1 love so much,
has been my one aspiration Foreign
er as I am, I did not come to serve
this country by helping it to defend J
its just cause a& a mercenary soldier,
and consequently, since the oppres
sive power of Spain has witbarawn ■
from this laud and left Cuba in free- i
dom, I have sheathed my sword, 1
thinking I had finished the mission I
which I had voluntarily imposed upon =
myself. lam owed nothing. I retire *
contented and satisfied at having done ’
all I could for the benefit of my broth- ;
ers Wherever destiny rules that I
make my home, there can the Cubans
depend upon a friend.”
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The Associated Press published a
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made by Col. Jones, commanding the
Tenth Immuues, reflecting seriously
on the conduct of Griffin people when
the negroes passed through that city
a few dajs ago, after being mustered
out at Macon. An ex officer in Macon
says be knows positively that Col.
Jones was not with the negroes on the
trip.. He says Col. Jones was neither
with the negroes at Griftin norat
Raleigh, as he went from Macon to
Ashville by himself, an 1 did not go by
Raleigh.
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In telling of it he says : 1 1 was taken
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I was so weak I couldn’t even sit up
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SUNRISE DOTS.
Sunrise, March, 13.—John and John
son Boyd visited their brother, 8. Y.
Boyd, at Rover Bunday last.
Otis Oliver, of Orchard Hill, was with
friends here Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Jonas and Mrs. J. O. Boyd went to
Griffin Monday shopping.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Robertson were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Boyd Sunday
afternoon.
Misfortune seems to have befallen the
poor fellows that spilled their guano.
They went to Griffin Wednesday and as
they were going home they beard a freight
coming and took out the mules. The
mules got scared and ran away from them,
and down across the field they went with
harness flying and the boys running after
them. One said the other run so fast that
his overcoat stood out straight behind
him.
Jack Kitchen was in Griffin Saturday.
All the farmers about here haved bedded
their potatoes. They bad a good many to
freeze, but still have enough to bed and
some to sell.
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Attention, Griffin R flas.
Special Orders No. *3.
The commanding officer of Company F
will cause an election for captain and first
lieutenant of said company to beheld in
its armory, Griffin, Ga., March 17th, 1899
between the hours of 7:3'* and 9:30 p. m
By order of Col. Candler.
T. J. Ripley, Capt.and A- jt.
The above orders will be respected and
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